Re: question for the list from a friend

2017-01-26 Thread Gonz
Thanks John, I'll pass that on to her. Gonz On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 1:05 PM, John wrote: > On 1/26/2017 10:24 AM, Gonz wrote: >> >> A friend asked me this and I didn't have an answer, perhaps someone on >> the list has heard of this before? >> >> "I was wondering if you

Re: question for the list from a friend

2017-01-26 Thread John
On 1/26/2017 10:24 AM, Gonz wrote: A friend asked me this and I didn't have an answer, perhaps someone on the list has heard of this before? "I was wondering if you know anything about document cameras (i.e. rigs to photograph a large number of pages as an alternative to scanning). The idea is

Re: question for the list from a friend

2017-01-26 Thread Igor PDML-StR
In that case, a hand-scanner would be a viable option. But that's, in my mind, is a tedious job, especially if the volume is high ("large number of pages", as you wrote). But in that case, any type of designed-for-large-volume camera based setup that I can envision, would not be anywhat

Re: question for the list from a friend

2017-01-26 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 26/1/17, Gonz, discombobulated, unleashed: >"I was wondering if you know anything about document cameras (i.e. >rigs to photograph a large number of pages as an alternative to >scanning). The idea is to use such a thing to convert many pages of >music charts into electronic form. Any

Re: question for the list from a friend

2017-01-26 Thread Gonz
>>"I am curios: what type of challenge your friend is facing so that he/she is >>considering a non-scanner solution?" I don't know, perhaps the pages are not removable and you can't lay them flat? On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 9:43 AM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > I don't have

question for the list from a friend

2017-01-26 Thread Igor PDML-StR
I don't have first-hand expertise with this. From what I've read, - most (if not all?) document archives/libraries are using scanners rather than photo cameras for this purpose these days. Obviously, there are different types of scanners. Typically, flatbed scanners are used for scanning

question for the list from a friend

2017-01-26 Thread Gonz
A friend asked me this and I didn't have an answer, perhaps someone on the list has heard of this before? "I was wondering if you know anything about document cameras (i.e. rigs to photograph a large number of pages as an alternative to scanning). The idea is to use such a thing to convert many